System Requirements for Cubit Estimating

This document provides the system requirements when deploying and running Cubit Estimating in either of its three licence types Standalone, Network or Terminal.

All installations should be performed in consultation with your IT service provider.

Standalone Licence

The Standalone License is designed to be used on any independent, standalone computer.

	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows 10 20H2 or above for desktop installation
Memory/Installed RAM	4 GB available to Cubit Estimating	8-16 GB available to Cubit Estimating
Dedicated Graphics Card	256MB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher	2GB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Hard Drive	HDD/SSD	SSD
Storage	5GB free space	50GB free space

Note: The minimum and recommended specifications are guidelines; if dealing with large plans and models, you may need to exceed the recommended specification.

Network License

The Cubit Estimating Network License is designed to be used in a network environment where multiple computers will connect to a common database installed on a nominated Cubit Estimating server.

The typical deployment method for a network requires a server-side install (Cubit Estimating Server) to be installed on a Windows Server and a client-side (Cubit Estimating client) installed on the user’s Windows computer. Both the client and server should be on the same local network to avoid performance issues.

Cubit Estimating client

	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows 10 20H2 or above for desktop installation
Memory/Installed RAM	4 GB available to Cubit Estimating	8-16 GB available to Cubit Estimating
Dedicated Graphics Card	256MB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher	2GB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Hard Drive	HDD/SSD	SSD
Storage	5GB free space	50GB free space

Note: The minimum and recommended specifications are guidelines, if dealing with large plans and models you may need to exceed the recommended specification to use them.

Cubit Estimating server

	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 R2 - 2019 for server installation Windows 10 20H2 or above for desktop installation
Memory/Installed RAM	4 GB available to Cubit Estimating	8-16 GB available to Cubit Estimating
Dedicated Graphics Card	256MB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher	2GB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Hard Drive	HDD/SSD	SSD
Storage	5GB free space	100GB free space
Database Storage	The drive where the Postgres database is stored will require 2.5 x the current database size as free disk space	The drive where the Postgres database is stored will require 2.5 x the current database size as free disk space
Network	100Mb Ethernet	1-10Gb Ethernet

Note: The plans are stored in the database; the more plans you have, the more disk space you will require.

Terminal License

The Terminal Server license is designed for use on Terminal/Remote Desktop servers where multiple users will be logging into the Windows Server to use Cubit Estimating.

Cubit Estimating will need to be installed on the server by choosing the standalone install option and then registering with the terminal server license to allow multiple connections.

All the data will be saved into a local database on the server and will be visible to other Cubit Estimating users logged into the terminal instance.

Cubit Estimating Terminal Server

	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 R2 - 2019 for server installation
Memory/Installed RAM	4 GB available to Cubit Estimating	8-16 GB available to Cubit Estimating with the addition of 1GB per user connected
Dedicated Graphics Card	256MB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher	2GB Ram Supporting OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Hard Drive	HDD/SSD	SSD
Storage	5GB free space	100GB free space
Network Connection	1Gb ethernet	1-10Gb Ethernet

Note: The plans are stored in the database; the more plans you have, the more disk space you will require.